Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Airship Andy; Or, The Luck of a Brave Boy

"It belongs to the business. If my father was here he'd make you give it up mighty quick. I represent him during his absence, don't I? Come, no fooling; I'll take charge of that cash."

Chapters

24. CHAPTER XXIV--A HOPEFUL CLEW

"We figured along the line, didn't we? If I'd gone to work for old Talbot when I had a chance, you'd have been out and wouldn't have learned about automobiles and machinery and...

5. CHAPTER V--TRAMPING IT

The pole had swung out of his hands when the barge struck the snag. He got wet through recovering it, but that did not matter much, for he had little clothing on.

3. CHAPTER III--RUNAWAY AND ROVER

The door of the lumber room was slammed shut on Andy and strongly locked, and the lad resigned himself to the situation. The Talbots, father and son, aided by brutal Dale Billin...

12. CHAPTER XII--TRACED DOWN

Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut. They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp. The eyes of ea...

1. CHAPTER I--THE YOUNG CHAUFFEUR

"It belongs to the business. If my father was here he'd make you give it up mighty quick. I represent him during his absence, don't I? Come, no fooling; I'll take charge of that...

2. CHAPTER II--BREAKING AWAY

The young chauffeur knew that once the money got into the hands of the Talbots, father or son, its return to its rightful owner would be extremely dubious. He had proven himself...

13. CHAPTER XIII--JIU-JITSU

"Think you can parade him through the town without attracting attention? We've got to be careful to cut out from here without a soul seeing us till we strike a country road. You...

25. CHAPTER XXV--GOOD-BY TO AIRSHIP ANDY

"Right off, and a good one," responded Andy promptly. "My employer, Mr. Parks, is going into the airship line as a regular professional, and I don't know a better all-round hand...

15. CHAPTER XV--BEHIND THE BARS

Andy stopped running at the loud alarm from the automobile. Several persons started to block his course and one man caught him by the coat sleeve. Andy recognized his pursuer at...

21. CHAPTER XXI--A FRIEND IN NEED

The voices that Andy heard died away in the distance. In about ten minutes, however, they came back again within his range of hearing. The man he believed to be Tyrrell, who in...

4. CHAPTER IV--DOWN THE RIVER

The cry that had rung out so startlingly was repeated many times. Andy could trace a growing commotion. His burrow in the haystack faced away from the buildings of the Jones far...

10. CHAPTER X--LEARNING TO FLY

That was the first of many pleasant and interesting visits that Andy had with Mr. Morse, the inventor. By the end of the week the automobile boy had become an airship enthusiast...

19. CHAPTER XIX--A DISAPPOINTMENT

Andy was led into the office of the jail and up to the desk of the official who had registered his name the day before. This man opened a drawer and pushed a package before Andy...

20. CHAPTER XX--A NEW CAPTIVITY

Andy had come to a dead stop with the automobile. He stared blankly at the prospect before them. The site of the Collins farmhouse was a flat stretch of waste and ruin. Grass, w...

16. CHAPTER XVI--BAIL WANTED

"Don't get saucy," replied Talbot. "It don't show the right spirit. I gave you a job when you didn't have any, and took on myself a big responsibility--agreeing to look after yo...

23. CHAPTER XXIII--THE GREAT RACE

Andy found himself in a whirl of motion and excitement. When he had left the island where he had sacrificed his time and risked his chances of winning the race, he had discovere...

18. CHAPTER XVIII--OUT ON BAIL

Andy's heart warmed up and he felt that the tide was turning. Parks was an energetic, impulsive man, and generally put through what he started at. His hearty greeting showed wha...

9. CHAPTER IX--THE AIRSHIP INVENTOR

Morse, the inventor, made a grab for his eye-goggles. He had become a shade paler. He did not take up the goggles, however. Instead, he turned his back on Andy.

14. CHAPTER XIV--THE OLD LEATHER POCKETBOOK

It was a rainy day with a strong breeze, and waste of time, Andy well knew, to attempt any flights under the conditions. He went to the workshop to find Mr. Morse and the Japane...

6. CHAPTER VI--THE SKY RIDER

It was the afternoon of the day Andy had said good-by to Mr. Pierce and his friends. He was making across country on foot to strike a little railroad town, having now money enou...

8. CHAPTER VIII--THE AERO FIELD

Andy felt as if he was treading on air. He was too overcome to speak intelligently. Clear of the spiteful Talbot brood, the proud possessor of a new suit, a watch, five dollars,...

22. CHAPTER XXII--"GO!

Tyrrell had heard and seen Andy. He gave a great start. Then he made a move as if to hasten aboard the airship and get out of his way. Mr. Morse and the Japanese hastened forwar...

11. CHAPTER XI--SPYING ON THE ENEMY

Andy had made out the man whom Parks had called Duske carrying two cans of gasoline past a tent. He did not seem to have observed Parks, and Andy did not believe that he knew hi...

7. CHAPTER VII--JOHN PARKS, AIRSHIP KING

The aeronaut, Andy noticed, was reaching in his pocket. He drew out two small bills and some silver. He made a wad of this. Poising it, he gave it a fling.

17. CHAPTER XVII--A TRUE FRIEND

"Yes," returned Andy. "Mr. Talbot is behind it. He seems to stand in with the prosecuting attorney. Mr. Jones was quite willing to drop the case, and said that Mr. Talbot had eg...